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One of a family of proteins that are liberated by special host cells in the mammal in response to viral infection. The interferons attach to an infected cell, where they stimulate antiviral protein synthesis.
BiomedicalHealthcareImmunologyMedicalMedicineVeterinaryProteins secreted by vertebrate cells in response to a wide variety of inducers. They confer resistance against many different viruses, inhibit proliferation of normal and malignant cells, impede multiplication of intracellular parasites, enhance macrophage and granulocyte phagocytosis, augment natural killer cell activity, and show several other immunomodulatory functions.
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